I'm taking Blogosphere Survivor waaay too seriously, I admit. I'm gonna post this here instead of in the comments section over at survivor.mu.nu, partially because I haven't posted here in awhile, but mostly because I don't want to drag the good-naturedness of Survivor down. But it was originally gonna be a comment.

And my final comment? I'm serious. Let me have it in any comments to this post. It was Lovely Wife who was out of commission.

I'll concede--grudgingly--that as an OK reason to be late. And I'll concede--grudgingly--Don only gave him a 3-hour extension.

Still, the rules clearly state: "If you miss a deadline, either for an immunity challenge or for voting, tough luck."

Rules is rules. They don't say anything about you getting a pass if you're sick, if your LW is sick, if your gf, your rat, or your mother is sick. They *do* say the consequences of missing a deadline are "...tough luck."

I have to explain: I'm a stickler for rules. If they're not applied fairly they're useless and the nature of the game is changed (you should hear me during hockey playoffs sometime). It was a tough call, and maybe if the other contestants had been polled they might've agreed with you, but it was still the wrong call.

OK, I'll shut up about this now. Everyone go ahead and tell me I'm taking this shit too fucking seriously. Really.

Tear me a new one.

Posted by: Victor at 05:57 PM | Comments (142) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 You've forgotten the Rule of the Objectivist:

-All rules are subject to change for any reason whatsoever.

So there.

Posted by: Jim @ at November 13, 2003 06:05 PM

2 Rules is Rules! I agree with you on that point. And the consequenses were spelled out in advance! So... that being said... it's a goofy blogging contest... and when you break the rules now, you'll have some ammo... but he did this or that... how come they get away with it and I don't. Good luck!

Posted by: The Bartender @ at November 13, 2003 06:08 PM

3 Everytime I think about rules, I think of my favorite Grosse Point Blank quote: "A certain "Moral flexibility" would be the best way to describe it.... "

Posted by: LeeAnn @ at November 13, 2003 06:42 PM

4 LOL LeeAnn! And Victor, I agree with you...no tearing-you-a-new-one today (from me, anyway).

Posted by: Susie @ at November 13, 2003 07:33 PM

5 Grosse Pointe Blank -- great reference, LeeAnn.

Posted by: Daniel @ at November 13, 2003 07:36 PM

6 LeeAnn continues to endear herself to me by quoting my favorite film.

Can we get some more Mu.Nu chatter on the boards to support Jim, LeeAnn and I?

I have a feeling that I am marked for death soon, not sure why...

Posted by: Helen @ at November 14, 2003 09:00 AM

7 MuNu needs to stick together!

hln

Posted by: hln @ at November 14, 2003 03:02 PM

8 If we had our own buff, it would be cow-colored.

Posted by: LeeAnn @ at November 14, 2003 11:50 PM

9 You might have noticed that one of the rules was that all rules were subject to change at any time for any reason. Thus, I did not break nor bend the rules.

Posted by: Don @ at November 19, 2003 05:16 PM

10 You might have noticed that one of the rules was that all rules were subject to change at any time for any reason. Thus, I did not break nor bend the rules.

Posted by: John Anderson @ at March 08, 2005 08:33 PM

11 You might have noticed that one of the rules was that all rules were subject to change at any time for any reason. Thus, I did not break nor bend the rules.

Posted by: Gary @ at March 08, 2005 08:38 PM

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